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Icelandic pastors and bishops after the consecration of Rev. Agnes Sigurðardóttir as bishop of Iceland in 2012 (seventh from right, front row). Bishop Guðmundsdóttir is fifth from the left in the front row. Photo: LWF/A. Danielsson
Church of Iceland offers equal opportunities for women
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28 Feb 2019
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28 Feb 2019
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Viviana Machuca (left), representing the Colombia inter-church platform DIPAZ, and Sara Lara (right), director of the human rights program of IELCO, in Geneva for the CEDAW shadow report on Colombia, meet with Rev. Dr Martin Junge (center), LWF General Secretary. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Colombia: Pushing for peace and women’s rights
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26 Feb 2019
  • Theology
  • Justice
26 Feb 2019
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Participants in the women’s self-help group Tesfa (‘hope’) gather for the day. All photos: LWF/Albin Hillert
Ethiopian church empowers communities to thrive on their own
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22 Feb 2019
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22 Feb 2019
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Ms Desri Maria Sumbayak, LWF Vice-President for Asia and Council member Ms LoeRose Mbise, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania. Photo. LWF/Albin Hillert
The LWF Strategy in Bahasa Indonesia and Swahili
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21 Feb 2019
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21 Feb 2019
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Rev Rolando Antonio Ortez, Pastor President of the ICLH, presides at the ordinations of three male and four female pastors in 2017. Photo: LWF/P. Cuyatti
Honduran church models inclusion and opportunities for young women
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20 Feb 2019
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20 Feb 2019
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An app developed by the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover strives to interrupt busy daily routines with spiritual impulses. Photo: LWF/S. Gallay
Germany: Attention and space for God’s presence
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18 Feb 2019
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18 Feb 2019
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Bishop Daniel Jayaraj, Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church. Photo: LWF/P. Lok
India: Sharing the gospel and working for social justice in Tamil Nadu
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15 Feb 2019
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15 Feb 2019
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Paula Müller-Otfried (center, standing) was the first woman to be elected to the regional synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover in 1921. In the political arena she stood for election to the Weimar National Assembly in 1919 and won a seat in the Reichstag in 1920. Photo commissioned by the DEF: Kasch, A.; Th. Möller Nachf., Stralsund; AddF, Kassel, Sign.: NL-K-16, D-F1/00045.
Germany: The long road to equal rights for women in leadership
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13 Feb 2019
  • Theology
  • Gender
13 Feb 2019
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A group of Oromo IDPs walk on the dry riverbed near Burka Dare IDP site in Ethiopia. The Lutheran World Federation supports internally displaced people in several regions of Ethiopia, through emergency response on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) as well as long-term development and empowerment projects, to help build resilience and adapt communities’ lifestyles to a changing climate. 27 January 2019. Photo: LWF/Albin Hillert
Ethiopia: Creativity in the face of hardship
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12 Feb 2019
  • Governance
  • Humanitarian
12 Feb 2019
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